5th Grade

Water Pollution and its Impact on the Water Cycle

6.B.2 Recognize and describe that consequences may occur when Earth's natural resources are used. a. Explain how human activities may have positive consequences on the natural environment.

Recycling centers

Native plantings

Good farming practiceb. Explain how human activities may have a negative consequence on the natural environment.

Damage or destruction done to habitats

Air, water, and land pollutionc. Identify and describe that an environmental issue affects individual people and groups of people differently.

The students used the model to represent the water cycle and then add in pollutants like silt and water coloring in, as well as heat, to see how pollutants cycle through land sea and air. After the demonstration the students then brainstormed ways and tested different methods of filtering out pollutants from water. Students then able to transfer this understanding to our local environment and the impact that we have.